Point 12 in the category of REPORTED SPEECH for CITATION is defined as: PRESENT SIMPLE of the reporting verb to report information from a written source and a present tense…
Point 12 in the category of REPORTED SPEECH for CITATION is defined as: PRESENT SIMPLE of the reporting verb to report information from a written source and a present tense…
Point 31 in the category of PRESENT is defined as: Present simple, STORIES AND COMMENTARIES, to summarise events or plot in a story or piece of history, often to give…
Point 29 in the category of PRESENT is defined as: present simple with a wide range of speech act verbs, including '(dis)agree', 'accept', 'advise.' A search on iWeb corpus for…
Point 79 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple, IMAGINED PAST, the affirmative form after 'if only', and the affirmative and negative forms after 'wish' to…
Point 77 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect simple in relative clauses to give background information. who|that|which had _vvn 1 WHO HAD COME 7745 2 WHO…
Point 75 in the category of PAST is defined as: Past perfect simple to report statements, where the main verb in the reporting clause is in the past simple. _vvd…
Point 74 in the category of PAST is defined as: leave out the subject before the past perfect simple where it is understood from the previous clause. _c _had _vvn…
Point 73 in the category of PAST is defined as: Past simple: 'I wondered' and 'I wanted' as politeness structures, when making polite requests and thanking. I wondered if *…
Point 66 in the category of PAST is past perfect simple used for a CHANGE OF SITUATION. The EGP uses HAD + 'planned' and 'wanted' + 'but' in their examples.…
Point 65 in the category of PAST is past perfect simple QUESTIONS. iWeb corpus was not offering information for this pattern, but COCA did offer something basic. One thing is…